Nelson Mandela continues to
recover in hospital from a lung infection but remains in a serious
condition, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.
Mandela has been in a Pretoria hospital for a week, the fourth time
the 94-year-old former president and anti-Apartheid leader has been
admitted to hospital since December.
"We are grateful that he continues to get better," Zuma said. "Over
the last two days, although he remains serious, his doctors have stated
that his improvement has been sustained."
Zuma was addressing a gathering for Youth Day in eMadadeni in the
KwaZulu-Natal province in
remembrance of the 1976 Soweto youth uprisings
against apartheid.
Mandela's repeated bouts of illness have reinforced a creeping
realization among South Africa's 53 million people that they will one
day have to say goodbye to their first black president.
Mandela, popularly known by his clan name "Madiba", has a history of
lung problems dating back to his time at the windswept Robben Island
prison camp near Cape Town. He was released from prison in 1990 after 27
years behind bars and was president from 1994 to 1999.
(Reporting by Olivia Kumwenda; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Source: uk news yahoo.
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